The Sportsman
sportsmansbromleycross.co.uk is partly visible to agents.
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Ways to reach The Sportsman directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-21. Report a mistake
Hours, from sportsmansbromleycross.co.uk: Mon closed · Tue–Thu 17:00–23:00 · Fri 15:00–00:00 · Sat 12:00–00:00 · Sun 12:00–22:30
254 Darwen Rd, BL7 9JG, Bolton · +441204302636
Places near The Sportsman that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Turton Wines60 m
- Flag Inn670 m
- The Cheetham Arms900 m
- The Thomas Egerton2 km
- The Old Bank Cafe2.1 km
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open The Sportsman's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It can't find a link to book or order online.
38 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.
What assistants answer
Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.
The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Manchester cafes and bars and named 52 places. The Sportsman wasn't one of them. See who was named →
How The Sportsman compares
556 of 1,309 in Manchester cafes and bars
Top 42% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: The Hathershaw C, The Heroes of Waterloo C. Just below: Coffee House at Horse Carrs C, Gareth Nuttall - The Lounge Recording Studio C.
| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 86% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turton Wines | 55 m | B | yes |
| Spread Eagle | 299 m | F | no |
| Cuppa Coffee | 370 m | F | no |
| Flag Inn | 669 m | C | yes |
| Railway Bolton | 752 m | D | no |
| The Cheetham Arms | 900 m | C | yes |
| Cafe Twelve | 1.3 km | D | no |
| Baker's | 2.0 km | C | no |
| The Thomas Egerton | 2.0 km | A | yes |
| The Old Bank Cafe | 2.1 km | B | yes |
Businesses like The Sportsman in Manchester cafes and bars
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1,309 | 49% | 24% | 58.5% |
After the top fixes
With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 7th of 1,309 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 556th.
What to fix first
- No booking or ordering link on the website +15 points
There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. How to fix it
- No menu or price list found +7 points
Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. How to fix it
- Structured data is incomplete +2 points
Missing: telephone. How to fix it
- No llms.txt no points, but worth doing
Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it
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Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- Structured data found (Restaurant) address, opening hours
Builder: unknown · What to paste
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